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   ring on it, which she knew to be her sister’s. She peeped in farther and saw hands and feet chopped off on the floor. Then she went back to the cellar again. After a while she made an attempt to escape, and rushed out of the cellar. She then found that she could not escape, and she returned back to the cellar. When Rudaire Heena heard the noise, he rushed out with his boy, and searched around the place but did not find her. Then they thought that it was the wind that closed the door, and made the noise. A second time she tried to escaped Rudaire Heena and his boy rushed out and they first caught a glimpse of her shirt going out the gate. They followed her through the woods but could not find her, and they returned home at dusk. The girl was rambling in the woods all night. Towards morning she made her way out and returned home. She told her father, and all at home, what she had heard and seen.

   Next day there was hunt meeting, and the girl’s father invited all at the hunt to a party. When the day came the people arrived at the house including Rudaire Heena and his boy. The party was held out in the field and huge fire was burning in the middle. Then Rudaire Heena met the girl he had invited to his party, and he asked her why she did not come. She apologised to him, and told hime she could not come. When the party was coming to an end, the girl stood up and told all the people what Rudaire Heena and his boy were doing. Then Rudaire Heena and the boy were caught

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   AT0311: Rescue by the Sister

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr William Tierney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   95

   Address

   Chamberlainstown, Co. Tipperary